SUMMARY
Sextant Foundation brought its expertise in solar installation, and commitment to the people and healthcare communities we serve, to Sierra Leone. The neonatal unit at Bo Government Affiliated Teaching Hospital needed reliable power to support the critical oxygen concentrators. The key to our solution was battery capacity – we needed to ensure they would have enough storage available for sustained power, especially during the rainy season. We designed and installed a 4 KW solar system with enough storage capacity to continue providing power for four days. This solar array replaces the need for expensive diesel, which is harmful to the environment, and provides a reliable source of energy. Our volunteers worked closely with the hospital’s facility staff to ensure their confidence in maintaining this robust system over time.

The neonatal care unit of Bo Government Affiliated Teaching Hospital in Sierra Leone lacked a reliable source of power. They only had electricity when the local grid was working, and when it wasn’t, newborns requiring oxygen needed to be transferred out of the unit, and some didn’t survive the outages. When we heard of this issue, we were heartbroken, and quickly made plans to partner with the Ministry of Health, Project HOPE, and UNICEF to provide a solution.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
If you want to help us provide a sustainable, affordable, reliable energy solution for the newborns and families at Bo Hospital in Sierra Leone with a financial contribution, you can donate here. Your donation will help us cover our volunteer travel expenses. Thank you for your support of our work – your contributions will help save lives.

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Our Mission is to improve the environmental, financial and human conditions in low-resourced health centers around the world, and to bolster health system capacity.

The Sextant Foundation is a US-based 501(c)3 organization founded by Mazzetti, Inc in 2014. Sextant taps into crowd sourcing systems to make sustainable change in the world. All of Sextant’s administrative costs are provided by Mazzetti, therefore, Sextant has no overhead costs. All the money from contributions go entirely to serve a priority project.